All yoga teachers will have heard the refrain ‘I’m so stiff, I can’t touch my toes!’ often paradoxically given as an excuse not to venture into the yoga studio in the first place. But an inability to bend down and reach your feet is only testing one main muscle group;...
Unless you’re a seasoned barefoot runner, your feet are probably cushioned in shoes for most of the day. Unchallenged, the muscles of your feet and ankles can become weak and vulnerable both to acute injuries, such as twisted ankles, but also classic running overuse...
Firstly, women are generally more flexible than men, particularly in the hips and hamstrings. I have male students that buck this trend and can drop their forearms to the floor in a low lunge, job done. But ask most men to sit cross-legged and the discomfort is...
The spine, like the rest of our bodies, is designed to move in various planes of motion: flexion, extension, rotation and lateral flexion (‘side bending’). But when we ride, its largely stuck curved forward, or in flexion. Pair this with a sitting working with a...
About Lexie Williamson
Lexie Williamson is a British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Sports Science instructor who specialises in working with endurance athletes. She has held sessions for London Dynamos, Thames Turbo, Elmbridge Road Runners and Kent Velo Girls. Lexie is the author of Bloomsbury Publishing books Yoga for Cyclists, Yoga for Runners and The Stretching Bible and has written for The Guardian, Runner’s World, Cycling Weekly, Women’s Fitness, OM Yoga and Psychologies magazines.
Lexie has studied Exercise & Sports Science and Human Anatomy and Physiology and teaches anatomy and physiology to British Wheel of Yoga trainee teachers. She has tried running and sprint-distance triathlon but is now a keen road cyclist, riding with the Surrey-based Viceroy’s Triathlon Club.
Lexie Williamson is a British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Sports Science instructor who specialises in working with endurance athletes. She has held sessions for London Dynamos, Thames Turbo, Elmbridge Road Runners and Kent Velo Girls. Lexie is the author of Bloomsbury Publishing books Yoga for Cyclists, Yoga for Runners and The Stretching Bible and has written for The Guardian, Runner’s World, Cycling Weekly, Women’s Fitness, OM Yoga and Psychologies magazines.
Lexie has studied Exercise & Sports Science and Human Anatomy and Physiology and teaches anatomy and physiology to British Wheel of Yoga trainee teachers. She has tried running and sprint-distance triathlon but is now a keen road cyclist, riding with the Surrey-based Viceroy’s Triathlon Club.